The No. 24 Florida Gators were woeful through two quarters. Playing in College Station, Texas, Florida was beaten up and down by SEC newcomer, Texas A&M.

If the Aggies wanted to prove they are as physical as any team in the best conference in football, they did that. But they still didn’t win. Down 17-10 at the break, Florida came from behind to defeat the Aggies, 20-17.

Texas A&M has moved to a new league, has a new coach and a new quarterback, too. But it hasn’t stopped the poor practice of collapsing in the second half. And perhaps this was less of an A&M collapse as it was Florida getting its act together.

"We did a better job in the second half of controlling the line of scrimmage," Florida head coach Will Muschamp said. "That was the difference. There was no magic potion."

After losing multiple starters to injury, including linebacker Jelani Jenkins, in the first half, Florida became the aggressor coming out of the locker room. Quarterback Jeff Driskel, sacked seven times in the first half, had less trouble staying on his feet after the break.

"We were really composed in here," Driskel said of the mood at halftime. "No one was pointing fingers at each other. We just came in and got the things we needed corrected corrected. We knew there was a whole other half to play."

With one of the best legs in college football, kicker Caleb Sturgis followed a 51-yard first-half field goal with 1:56 left in the second quarter with a 25-yarder on the opening drive of the third quarter to make it 17-13.

The Aggies didn’t convert a third down in the third quarter as Florida’s defense turned the corner. Mike Gillislee picked up 5 yards on a run play, Driskel completed a 39-yard pass to Omarius Hines, Solomon Patton rushed for 6 yards and Gillislee capped the drive with a 12-yard to give the Gators a 20-17 lead after Sturgis’ extra point.

"I'm disappointed like anybody else that we didn't win the game," Texas A&M head coach Kevin Sumlin said. "There's things that we're working to fix. We didn't make enough plays to win the game — Florida did."